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Normandy Park council approves boundary adjustment with Des Moines to resolve park parcels
Summary
Council adopted Resolution 1023 to approve a petition that transfers certain Des Moines‑owned parcels (including a Covenant Beach lot and related right-of-way) out of Normandy Park and into Des Moines to simplify permitting and allow Des Moines to lead slope stabilization work.
City staff reintroduced a petition at the March 10 meeting seeking a small boundary adjustment between Normandy Park and Des Moines so Des Moines-owned parcels that currently sit inside Normandy Park would be realigned entirely within Des Moines. Jeremy (staff) said the change is a practical cleanup with no fiscal impact to Normandy Park and that the Covenant Beach Estates HOA supports the adjustment.
The boundary change would permit Des Moines to lead engineering and slope reconstruction for a hillside failure tied to Lot 7 of Covenant Beach and would place the affected park parcels under a single jurisdiction. Council member Bischoff moved to enact Resolution 1023 approving the petition and authorizing the city manager to sign an interlocal agreement with Des Moines; the motion was seconded and carried without recorded opposition.
Council members emphasized that the parcels are small (about a half acre for Lot 30 as described in council questions) and that the adjustment resolves a jurisdictional anomaly while enabling Des Moines to stabilize and reopen the trail at the northwest corner of Beach Park. Staff will execute the interlocal agreement substantially in the form attached to the resolution and coordinate implementation with Des Moines.
Because the action transfers permitting responsibility for slope repair to Des Moines, Normandy Park staff said there is no anticipated fiscal effect for the city, and that the HOA had been consulted and supports the transfer.
